This newspaper claimed that 1 in 5 Muslims sympathy with jihadists - and Twitter responded

“1 in 5 Brit Muslims’ sympathy for jihadis”, That’s what The Sun’s headline sounded like this Monday.

This statement is based on a poll. The respondents were allowed to say whether they had “a lot” “some” or “no” sympathy with people traveling to Syria.

But does traveling to Syria necessarily make you a jihadist? There are examples of people going to Syria to fight against ISIS with the Kurds. So this poll isn’t correct, but it made the headlines of The Sun on Monday and everybody was talking about it.

The Independent had an interesting article about why the poll is misleading. You can read it here.

#1in5muslims

As a Muslim you know that the statement is bullshit. If we just look in our surroundings, we know that finding one Muslim who supports jihadists is impossible.

Muslims on Twitter were mad and made the hashtag #1in5muslim trending. They were tweeting funny made-up facts about Muslims. Enjoy!

#1in5muslims think Ross and Rachel were on a break

— ثناء (@LiberatedSoul_) November 23, 2015

#1in5Muslims use 'Inshallah' to politely avoid committing to any plan. (And it works.) "Wanna get coffee sometime?" "Sure, yeah, inshallah."

— Mehreen Kasana (@mehreenkasana) November 23, 2015

#1in5Muslims are lucky enough not to have a red squiggly line under their name in Microsoft Word

— Hamzah Moin (@hamzahmoin) November 24, 2015

#1in5Muslims is married to their first cousin. The other 4/5 are trying hard to.

— Raz (@raztweets) November 23, 2015

#1in5Muslims who are guys are named Mohomed. The other 3 are named Mohamed and Muhammed and Mehmet. The last guy is named Ahmed.

— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) November 23, 2015